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William Brinkman works in logistics, and has maintained the Bolingbrook Babbler since 1998. He’s also been an editor at an alternative publication based in Iowa, and a contributor for White Wolf’s Demon: The Fallen game line.
William’s has been active in the Chicagoland secular community, and is involved in a humanistic congregation.

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We get letters: March 21, 2017 edition (Fiction)

By Doug Fields

The Reader’s Editor

Hello, and let me introduce myself to our new fans at FreethoughtBlogs. I’m Doug Fields, the Reader’s Editor for the Bolingbrook Babbler. My job is to read your letters to the Babbler, and offer my editorial feedback.

Since we moved the website to FtB back in January, most of the letters we’ve received have been positive. For example, this one:

To the Editor:

I love the new blog network you guys joined. I thought it was going to boring atheists. Instead, you’re on a network with Yemisi Ilesanmi, a real Nigerian! I’m pretty sure Pervert Justice is a public service site! Odgraphix must be a decoding site. I can’t wait to read the anti-squirrel blog! Not to mention Thoughts of Crys, which must be an atheist psychic blog! The only boring blog is by PZ Myers. He must be the least popular blogger here. He needs to stop obsessing over shellfish and creationists!

Keep up the good work, and keep those other bloggers on their toes with your quality reporting!

Pauline X. Melvin
Bolingbrook, IL

Glad you like our fellow writers, though none of us here would call PZ boring.

Since it is election season, we’ve gotten our share of political posts, like this one:

To the Editor:

Your pro-Bolingbrook United bias is incredible! Who pays you to write these articles? George Soros?

Do you know that not all of Jackie Traynere’s s donors are from Bolingbrook? Some of them are from Cook County! Some of them are from unions! She’s even held campaign events outside of Bolingbrook. Plus she’s a Democrat! We all know what kind of Democrats come out of Cook County! One of their prominent leaders has even spoken at her events!

I want to vote for a candidate who only campaigns in Bolingbrook, only accepts donations from Bolingbrook residents, and has no party affiliation! That’s why I’m not voting for Jackie!

John M. Smith
Bolingbrook, IL

Well, Mr. Smith, I guess you’re not voting for Mayor Roger Claar either. He’s also received donations from Cook County, as well as Georgia, Pennsylvania, Iowa, and other states. Unions have donated to his fund. He’s also held campaign events in Chicago, California, and other states. Not only is he a member of the Republican Party, he’s also the 11th district Republican State Central Committeeman. Not to mention that he was also a delegate and fundraiser for Donald Trump.

For that matter, are you sure that the PAC that’s been mailing anti-Jackie flyers gets all its funding from Bolingbrook?

We also received several letters that were written in a similar style. The mystery was solved when someone sent us this unedited form letter:

Like many feminists, I’m critical of the social construct of gender. Yet so many of my feminist friends lose their minds when they talk about transpeople. They become convinced that biology is perfect, and that reproductive organs determine your gender identity.

Enough! There is no God and nature is not perfect. Be the gender your brain says you are, not the gender society and activists demand you be. That is the ultimate freedom!

As for the claim that you can’t tell what a person is thinking, that argument was used against gay people years ago. How can you tell that the lesbian sitting next to you is not really a heterosexual woman appropriating lesbian culture? How can you tell if someone is claiming to be gay because they think it will help them keep their job?

We can’t be 100 percent sure, but we trust gay people to tell the truth. That should include transpeople as well!